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India is facing a colossal problem of waste management especially in the cities where waste increases rapidly. This has engaged the street urchins in the most unhygienic job of ragpicking. It serves a dual purpose, while becoming a part of waste...
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On a warm sunny day in Kolkata, I was on a road side tea stall near a bus stop, waiting for a friend, cursing myself, that why I came on time when I know that he going...
made popular Apr 15 2011
AT 14 years, Naigaga has slept with so many men that she cannot remember the number.
“I pray God forgives me for such a sin because it was not my choice and that’s...
made popular Sep 18 2010
In what’s being hailed as an unprecedented move that will boost buyer awareness of blood diamonds, a global diamond trading network vowed Monday to expel any...
made popular Aug 17 2010
Zimbabwe has begun selling hundreds of thousands of carats of rough diamonds mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women...
made popular Aug 12 2010
Whether due to the fear of being boycotted by large US stores like WalMart, JC Penny or GAP, or whatever might be the compelling forces, the decision of the Indian...
made popular Jul 8 2010
I know I already posted about the World Cup ball problem this morning, but sometimes I keep researching a topic even after I post it, and in this case I’m glad I...
made popular Jun 14 2010
On a hot afternoon in Malam Ata market in the centre of Accra, capital of Ghana, when eight-year-olds should be in a classroom learning, or playing with friends,...
made popular Jun 11 2010
Jamal Rhmani, Employment and Professional Training Minister of Morocco mentioned of Tuesday that he plans to follow the objectives of The Hague Road Map to eliminate...
made popular May 17 2010
When we watch kids on TV shows, the immense talent showcased by them astonishes us. We enjoy their performance and encourage them to continue with their work but we...
made popular Feb 10 2010
Brutality against children in Pakistan isn’t an anomaly, but rather the biproduct of a society refusing to change
This weekend, the nation was appalled after an...
made popular Jan 27 2010
As many as 225,000 children in Haiti live and work as unpaid domestic servants, the first study to closely examine the issue concluded.
The existence of these...
made popular Jan 13 2010
Saw these street kids enjoying Pepsi in Sec-17 plaza Chandigarh, don’t know someone was compassionate enough to buy them a drink or they got left overs. But one...
made popular Jan 4 2010
Fun and frolic is enjoyed by thousands of children in India. However, there are millions of kids in the same country who are unaware and deprived of it. They probably...
made popular Dec 22 2009
Thousands of children working in Malawi’s tobacco fields are absorbing 50 cigarettes worth of nicotine a day, a rights organisation has warned.
Children near a...
made popular Aug 24 2009
We all say that child labour is a crime? No doubt that it is a crime, its a shame on us that we force innocent children as labours, we recurrently say that our first...
made popular Jul 30 2009
Caroline Mbewe, 14, would prefer to be in school, but instead is a domestic worker for an affluent family in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe.
“My bosses treat...
made popular Jun 17 2009
This picture of two boys who are lifting brikes on their head. What is it showing to us the strength of both of them that they can lift heavy weight on their head or is...
made popular Jun 15 2009
The above headlines are not coming for the first time nor this is the end of it. Every year numerous illegal firecracker factories mushroom in the one room of any...
made popular Oct 23 2008
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This week there has been a huge row again about a major UK clothing chain using child labour in India. I have a problem with this. It is not possible to judge the...
made popular Jun 25 2008
Thursday June 12th, was a day to remember children in bondage of labour to earn an extra buck in a home or to feed their siblings. This is very common in the developing...
made popular Jun 15 2008
While the country holds Olympics in 2008, real problems brought out with media help exposes the country’s vulnerability to meet equal economic development.
The...
made popular May 10 2008
India has a dubious distinction of fostering the highest number of child labour in the world. The great challenge for a developing country like India is to provide...
made popular Apr 5 2008
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